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Blue Streak (1999)

★ 6.5 · 1,618 ratings on TMDB

He's a cop that's not. Believe that!

Blue Streak poster★ 6.5

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.

DirectorLes Mayfield
CastDave Chappelle, Graham Beckel, Luke Wilson, Martin Lawrence, Nicole Ari Parker, Olek Krupa
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime
The emergence reading

Blue Streak keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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